Krypton Evening News | Tmall's sports and outdoor industry will double its investment; Lei Jun: The Chinese pronunciation of Xiaomi's SUV model, the Xiaomi YU7, is "Xiaomi Yu 7"; The largest earthquake globally this year, a 7.9-magnitude earthquake in Myanmar, may trigger a tsunami.
Large Companies:
Tmall's Sports and Outdoor Industry to Double Investment
36Kr learned that the Sports and Outdoor sub - venue of Tmall's TopTalk Conference 2025 was held in Shanghai. Jiyun, the general manager of Taobao Tmall's FMCG & Sports and Outdoor & Luxury Goods & Automotive Business Group, revealed that Tmall's sports and outdoor industry will double its investment. In the form of cash + traffic, it will focus on four key points: new products and premium goods, innovative categories, niche consumer groups, and monetization of customer assets, and grow the market together with brand merchants.
The Third Self - adjusted Store of Yonghui in Beijing Opens
36Kr learned that following the Shijingshan Xilongduo Store and the Fangshan Impression City Store, which opened in the second half of 2024, on March 28th, the third Yonghui Supermarket in Beijing and the first in Daxing, a self - adjusted store "learning from Fat Donglai", opened. As the first adjusted and opened store of Yonghui Supermarket in Beijing in 2025, in addition to canceling the original mandatory shopping route, adding cashier areas, lowering shelf heights, widening aisles, setting up convenience service areas, and expanding the fresh food area, similar to the previous adjusted stores, it also adjusted the layout of the cooked food and bakery area in the Hongkun Square Store in response to customer feedback about congestion in this area in other adjusted stores, and enlarged the back - end processing area to improve production efficiency.
Lei Jun: The Chinese Pronunciation of Xiaomi's SUV Model Xiaomi YU7 is "Xiaomi Yu 7"
36Kr learned that Lei Jun posted on Weibo that the Chinese pronunciation of Xiaomi's SUV model Xiaomi YU7 is "Xiaomi Yu 7". "Yu" implies "a land chariot, traveling against the wind".
36Kr learned that on March 28th, the pop - up limited - time store of Force Flight under Three - Half Coffee started its trial operation at Shenzhen Mixc World. Following the opening of the large urban store "Three - Half Coffee Space" in Shanghai last November, Three - Half Coffee has started exploring a new format of community stores.
Novo Nordisk Says Generic Drugs are Affecting Wegovy Sales and May Take Legal Action
Obesity drug giant Novo Nordisk said on Thursday that the rapid development of the compounding pharmacy industry in the United States is affecting the sales of Wegovy. CEO Lars Fruergaard Jørgensen told shareholders at the company's annual general meeting that the company is taking legal action against companies it believes are infringing on its intellectual property rights. "These are not semaglutide," he said when referring to the compounded alternatives. "There is only one semaglutide, and patients should really check the product before injection."
36Kr learned that according to JD's official bulletin, on March 28th, under the guidance of multiple departments such as the National Healthcare Security Administration, the All - China Federation of Trade Unions, and the Beijing Municipal Human Resources and Social Security Bureau, JD Takeaway held a signing ceremony for a new batch of full - time rider representatives and launched an initiative to "strengthen the rights and interests protection of new - form workers such as food delivery riders". It called on all sectors of society to jointly improve the rights and interests protection of new - form workers, including the "five social insurances and one housing fund", so that more riders can have support in their old age, medical care when sick, and compensation for injuries.
36Kr learned that on March 28th, the event "Qianfan Think Tank Meeting - AI for IP Innovation Super Energy Field" hosted by Baidu Smart Cloud was held in Beijing. At the meeting, Baidu Smart Cloud announced the launch of the industry's first full - chain ecological cooperation model of "AI + IP", which will provide one - stop services of "compliance authorization + technical tools + commercial monetization" for IP holders and B - end enterprises, and promote the cross - border innovation, content creation, and full - scale upgrade of value release of IP. As an important practice of the strategic implementation, Baidu Smart Cloud, together with Shengshu Technology and a group of industry partners, officially launched the AIGC animation industry creation platform.
Toyota Motor Corporation said on Friday that as the impact of last year's domestic market certification scandal fades, driven by the increase in domestic production and strong sales in Japan, the company's global production has increased for the second consecutive month. In that month, Toyota's production in North America decreased by 1%, and the shipment volume of Japanese - imported cars to the United States, its largest market, also decreased by 1%. Thanks to a 28% surge in domestic sales and a moderate 2% growth in overseas markets, the company's global sales increased by 6% in February.
New Products:
Tanyu Officially Launches the E - commerce Full - process AI Agents Platform - Tanyu ShopAgents
36Kr learned that Tanyu officially released the industry's first e - commerce full - process AI Agents platform - Tanyu ShopAgents. It is understood that Tanyu ShopAgents is ready - to - use out of the box, allowing enterprises to independently create Agents, deeply connect enterprise data and systems, create AI digital employees with different identities, and intelligently perform tasks such as answering buyers' questions, predicting customer behavior, targeted marketing, and processing work orders in scenarios such as pre - sales reception, marketing, and after - sales service around the clock according to business logic.
36Kr learned that according to Tongyi Qianwen, in December last year, Alibaba's Tongyi Qianwen launched the QVQ - 72B - Preview. Today, Tongyi Qianwen officially launched the first version of the QVQ - Max visual reasoning model. This new version of the model has powerful multi - modal processing capabilities. It can not only "understand" the content in pictures and videos but also analyze, reason based on this information, and even provide solutions. From math problems to daily life questions, from programming code to artistic creation, QVQ - Max has shown remarkable abilities.
Investment and Financing:
The Trump Organization Plans to Develop Billion - dollar Golf and Hotel Projects in Vietnam
The Trump Organization plans to develop billion - dollar golf and hotel projects in Vietnam. It is expected to announce a second deal by the end of 2025 and explore three or four projects in Vietnam.
Today's Views:
Report: China's Instant Delivery Industry is Expected to Exceed 100 Billion Orders by 2030
36Kr learned that Frost & Sullivan officially released the "2024 China Instant Delivery Industry Trend White Paper". The report shows that in 2024, the order volume of China's instant delivery industry reached 48.28 billion, a year - on - year increase of 17.6%. According to the current development curve, the industry is expected to exceed 100 billion orders by 2030, maintaining a double - digit annual growth rate of 13.1% in the next six years. The "White Paper" shows that by integrating value - added services such as inventory management, intelligent dispatching, temperature control, and timed delivery, SF Express Same - City is one of the instant delivery service providers with the widest vertical industry coverage of professional solutions for instant delivery services and is also the preferred partner for leading brands in all fields.
Other Noteworthy News:
At 14:20 today, a 7.9 - magnitude earthquake occurred in Myanmar, and many areas in Yunnan Province felt obvious tremors. This earthquake is the 17th earthquake of magnitude 6 or above globally this year and the largest one so far. The earthquake may trigger a local tsunami around the epicenter. However, since the epicenter is outside the Pacific Ocean, it will not affect China's coast.
The National Intellectual Property Administration held a press conference today (the 28th) and introduced that by the end of 2024, the number of high - value invention patents per 10,000 people in China reached 14, achieving the expected goal of the national "14th Five - Year Plan" ahead of schedule. The number of valid invention patents in strategic emerging industries reached 1.349 million, a year - on - year increase of 15.7%. In the new patent applications of universities and research institutions, the proportion of invention patents increased to 70.4%.
36Kr learned that the General Office of the Liaoning Provincial People's Government issued the "Implementation Plan for Liaoning Province to Promote the High - quality Development of the Ice and Snow Economy and Help Achieve New Breakthroughs in Comprehensive Revitalization". It proposed that by 2027, the ice and snow sports venues and supporting facilities in the province will be more complete, the structure of the ice and snow industry will be gradually optimized, the popularity of mass ice and snow tourism and ice and snow sports will be steadily improved, the international competitiveness of ice and snow sports will be further enhanced, and the total output value of the ice and snow industry will reach about 190 billion yuan, achieving rapid growth. By 2030, a high - quality ice and snow sports and high - quality ice and snow tourism destination will be built, the main industrial chains of the ice and snow economy will achieve high - level coordinated and integrated development, ice and snow consumption will become an important growth point for Liaoning's economic and social development, and the total output value of the ice and snow industry will reach about 250 billion yuan.